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100 1  White, David A.,|d1942- 
245 14 The examined life :|badvanced philosophy for kids /|cDavid
       A. White. 
264  1 Waco, Tex. :|bPrufrock Press Inc.,|c[2005] 
264  4 |c©2005 
300    x, 183 pages :|billustrations ;|c28 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  The genesis and scope of this book -- Suggestions for 
       using this book -- Introduction : young students and the 
       adventure of philosophy -- Reasons to study philosophy -- 
       Elements of philosophy -- Primary source philosophy -- The
       readings-principles of selection and organization -- Some 
       ideas on presenting or teaching philosophy -- "Who are my 
       friends?", friendship (Aristotle) -- "Where has the time 
       gone?", time (Augustine) -- "Do we really know what we 
       think we know?", knowledge (Plato) -- Younger students and
       the existence of God, existence of God (Aquinas) -- The 
       sound of a tree falling in the forest, perception 
       (Berkeley) -- "I don't want to do what the class wants to 
       do!", freedom and society (Rousseau) -- Freedom and 
       responsibility : existentialism and young students, choice
       (Jean-Paul Sartre) -- On social justice in a violent world,
       social justice and nonviolence (Martin Luther King) -- 
       Feminism and social justice, feminism (Bell Hooks) -- 
       Technology : servant or destroyer?, technology (Martin 
       Heidegger) -- Critical thinking and artistic creation, 
       activity-drama -- The oldest cave art : on giftedness and 
       excellence, activity-drawing -- The philosophy of French 
       funetics : an essay in applied gifted intelligence, 
       activity-language acquisition -- "The bohemian life" : 
       opera and gifted education, activity-music -- Gifted 
       education : the event--and advent--of theory -- 
       "Edutainment" : gifted education and the perils of 
       misusing multiple intelligences -- Philosophy and theory 
       in the study of gifted students -- Epilogue : 
       philosophical visions and the challenge of education. 
650  0 Philosophy|xStudy and teaching (Middle school) 
650  0 Gifted children|xEducation. 
856 41 |3Table of contents|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/
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